Common Gallinule ( Gallinula galeata , formerly Common Moorhen, G. chloropus ) is a wetland bird seen only once in Dearborn, along the Roug...

The metro Detroit area has a long and rich history of documented bird sightings. A number of early ornithologists documented birds early in ...

The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ( Nyctanassa violacea ) is generally thought of as a southern species that sometimes wanders north -- particu...

Barn Owls ( Tyto alba ) are considered extirpated as breeding birds in Michigan. Although I suspect that occasionally a few persist, for the...

I've now put up a revised version of the Dearborn bird checklist incorporating changes through 2018. A link is also in the sidebar. T...